Triste (film)

Triste is a 1996 American avant-garde short film directed by Nathaniel Dorsky. It is the first in a set of "Four Cinematic Songs", which also includes Variations, Arbor Vitae, and Love's Refrain.^[1]

In an effort to make use of footage he had shot as far back as the 1970s, Dorsky began editing the film in 1990 and spent five years assembling it. After premiering at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Triste was included in the 1997 New York Film Festival. It helped establish the film form Dorsky has used in his subsequent work—a polyvalent montage built from unobtrusive shots showing everyday scenes.